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    8/31/2021 6:17 PM  #1

    dave68
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    Filler neck, Well I bought this and it does work

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    8/31/2021 6:23 PM  #2

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    Re: Filler neck, Well I bought this and it does work

    I seen this on a site, thought I would give it a shot and yes it works, for your info, no more fuel spills, well I think I figured out how to post pics, but a lot of work, how is everyone doing, COVID is still strong here in Alberta Canada

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    8/31/2021 6:33 PM  #3

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    Re: Filler neck, Well I bought this and it does work

    I guess it was just a matter or time before someone addressed it.  Good to know there's an option other than slowly are carefully manually pumping it and watching the amount of fuel dispensed super close to know when to stop. 

     

    8/31/2021 11:12 PM  #4

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    Re: Filler neck, Well I bought this and it does work

    It works nicely. But he changed his California instructions AFTER I modified mine, and it didn't work. The Cali gas nozzles don't extend into the filter tube as far as the other states nozzles. Ya gots to mount the device higher in the tube for the nozzle to pass thru the flapper.

    I've got one for a 1970 22 gallon tank if anyone's interested.

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    9/01/2021 4:31 AM  #5

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    Re: Filler neck, Well I bought this and it does work

    Bearing Bob wrote:

    It works nicely. But he changed his California instructions AFTER I modified mine, and it didn't work. The Cali gas nozzles don't extend into the filter tube as far as the other states nozzles. Ya gots to mount the device higher in the tube for the nozzle to pass thru the flapper.

    I've got one for a 1970 22 gallon tank if anyone's interested.

    Nah, but now I'm wondering why they would shorten the nozzle...
     

     

    9/01/2021 5:43 AM  #6

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    Have you ever seen those fume suction devices we used to have to deal with in Mo?  Those things made filling the Galaxie gas tank almost impossible with the spring loaded fuel filler door.  Glad those are now gone.

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    9/01/2021 8:21 AM  #7

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    Re: Filler neck, Well I bought this and it does work

    dave68 - thanks for sharing, I've been thinking how I could make one, this may be better.

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    9/01/2021 9:43 AM  #8

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    Re: Filler neck, Well I bought this and it does work

    Thanks Dave for the info.  Good to see that you are still kicking.  Hope you and Maria will get to another Bash while I'm still kicking.  Best to you both.

    BB

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    9/01/2021 10:02 AM  #9

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    Re: Filler neck, Well I bought this and it does work

    TKOPerformance wrote:

    Bearing Bob wrote:

    It works nicely. But he changed his California instructions AFTER I modified mine, and it didn't work. The Cali gas nozzles don't extend into the filter tube as far as the other states nozzles. Ya gots to mount the device higher in the tube for the nozzle to pass thru the flapper.

    I've got one for a 1970 22 gallon tank if anyone's interested.

    Nah, but now I'm wondering why they would shorten the nozzle...
     

    The nozzle isn't shorter per se, but it's affective (or is it effective) use length is. The really smart Cali idiots have required the nozzles to have an accordion type sleeve to prevent gas fumes from escaping into the air. Even though all gas storage tanks have vent tubes doing just that.

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    9/01/2021 3:42 PM  #10

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    Re: Filler neck, Well I bought this and it does work

    For 50 years, every time I filled my car up, it would puke gas back out at me. I found the flapper and used it on my 69 in a different configuration. Doug saw what I did in my post on 69Stang and we got to talking, and he used a hydraulic tool at work to compress the flapper's outside diameter so it would fit inside our fill tubes. Then he made a kit. Yep it works.

     

    9/01/2021 5:43 PM  #11

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    Re: Filler neck, Well I bought this and it does work

    Dang Terry, I've no recollection of you coming up with this cool idea. But there's a lot I don't member. Kudos, and thanks for putting that engineer education to work.

    Bob. 69 Mach 1, 393W, SMOD Toploader, Armstrong  steering, factory AC.
     

    9/01/2021 6:07 PM  #12

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    Re: Filler neck, Well I bought this and it does work

    Interesting.

    I still have a brass tapered tool I made waaay back when that you could pound into an unleaded only filler tube so it would expand it and allow a regular gas nozzle to be inserted.  Kind of the opposite of that new gizmo.  It left the filler neck looking original but stretched it so the fatter nozzle would go in after you removed your catalytic converter.
    If this new thing works to keep gas from blasting out when the tank is full, I suppose I need to get one.  But, getting refueled is something my car has never had an issue with!  It does it well!
    But does puke a little every now and then.

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    9/02/2021 5:12 AM  #13

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    Re: Filler neck, Well I bought this and it does work

    Bearing Bob wrote:

    TKOPerformance wrote:

    Bearing Bob wrote:

    It works nicely. But he changed his California instructions AFTER I modified mine, and it didn't work. The Cali gas nozzles don't extend into the filter tube as far as the other states nozzles. Ya gots to mount the device higher in the tube for the nozzle to pass thru the flapper.

    I've got one for a 1970 22 gallon tank if anyone's interested.

    Nah, but now I'm wondering why they would shorten the nozzle...
     

    The nozzle isn't shorter per se, but it's affective (or is it effective) use length is. The really smart Cali idiots have required the nozzles to have an accordion type sleeve to prevent gas fumes from escaping into the air. Even though all gas storage tanks have vent tubes doing just that.

    Its "effective", and we had those things years ago but then they went away.  I never understood what they were supposed to do.  Where were the fumes supposed to go?  Its not like they were hooked up to a vacuum or something (which would have been an explosion hazard anyway). 

     

    9/07/2021 9:22 PM  #14

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    Re: Filler neck, Well I bought this and it does work

    In another life I was a firefighter, I responded to a couple of calls where someone would stick there finger in the filler neck and that little flapper would catch their finger nail when they tried to pull their finger out. We would push a coat hanger down down next to their finger and it would push the flap away and release their finger. Who would have thought

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